Mark Boucher is the favorite to succeed Mahela Jayawardene as head coach of the Mumbai Indians. With Mahela Jayawardene promoted to a more global role in the Mumbai Indians organization. Mark Boucher will take over as the team’s head coach in the IPL.
Mark Boucher of South Africa is the favorite to succeed Mahela Jayawardene as head coach of the IPL’s Mumbai Indians. According to ESPNcricinfo, Mark Boucher is the front-runner after stepping down as South Africa’s coach after only serving until the T20 World Cup. The Mumbai Indians confirmed Simon Katich’s hiring as head coach of their Cape Town franchise in a media statement on Thursday. Adding that Hashim Amla will serve as the team’s batting coach and Robin Peterson will serve as general manager. Fielding coach James Pamment will keep his job.
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MI Cape Town is own by Reliance Industries Limited. Also owns MI Emirates in the UAE’s ILT20 league and the IPL powerhouse Mumbai Indians.
Rashid Khan, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada. Dewald Brevis, who also plays in the Indian Premier League, were the first SA20 team to announce their five direct signings in August. Before the auction, MI Cape Town was the first SA20 team to do so. The SA20 player auction in Cape Town has been schedule for September 19.
The club recently restructure its coaching staff, which followed by the hiring of additional support personnel. Zaheer Khan, who was the director of cricket operations until last season. Promoted to global head of cricket development, succeeding Mahela Jayawardene, who has been the Mumbai Indians’ head coach since 2017. Both assign to one of the group’s three teams.
Jayawardene is responsible for supervising the coaching staffs at each of the three franchises. To that end, he worked with the Mumbai Indians’ ownership group to determine the coaching staffs for each of the three teams, the specifics of which are expected to be revealed this week.
Since Jayawardene’s appointment, there has been much speculation about who will take over as coach of the IPL team, and Boucher could be the right candidate.
Boucher abruptly resigned as South Africa’s head coach on Monday, effective after the country’s participation in the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia, causing uproar. South Africa had just suffered a 2-1 defeat in a Test series in England. Boucher intends to “pursue other interests and opportunities,” according to CSA CEO Pholetsi Moseki at the time.
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